Orbis India Newsletter. Volume 2, Issue 1

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1 Orbis India Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 1

2 From the Director s desk Greetings from Orbis! As we begin this new year, we would like to extend a heartfelt thank you for making 2015 an amazing year for us! It is because of the unstinting support we received from partners like you that we can look back on a productive and fulfilling year. Inauguration of our Quality Resource Center, launch of the Vision Screening Handbook, Cybersight in its new avatar and this Newsletter that you are reading are but few of the highlights of last year. An important development during 2015 has been the development of a new global strategic plan that will guide us towards our vision of the future. We at Orbis look to the future with great hope and confidence to seed and catalyze newer efforts in our common cause to eliminate avoidable blindness. With several exciting projects rolling out, we believe that 2016 will be inspiring for all of us. On behalf of all of us here at Orbis, I wish you and your team a very happy, healthy and fulfilling New Year! Dr. Rahul Ali Country Director Orbis India

3 Durban South Africa October 2016 Orbis is First Program Partner for the IAPB 10th General Assembly We are delighted to inform you that Orbis has confirmed its place as the first Program Partner for the IAPB 10th General Assembly (IAPB 10GA) to be held from October 2016 in Durban, South Africa. The theme for 10GA is Stronger Together. Here, IAPB will be showcasing one of the eye health sector s remarkable success stories longstanding cross-sectoral partnerships. As a valued and equal partner in our work to eliminate avoidable and treatable blindness and visual impairment, we invite you to submit abstract(s) presenting highlights from your work. We request that all abstracts related to work supported by Orbis be submitted to iapb10ga@orbis.org for review prior to submission to the IAPB 10GA Program Committee. All other abstracts can be submitted directly to the IAPB 10GA Program Committee. Submission guidelines: 10ga.iapb.org/submit-abstract/

4 Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya inaugurates a world-class modular OT complex Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya has earned numerous laurels over the years from being the world's largest rural eye care provider to being the first eye hospital to perform 100,000 cataract surgeries in a year. Sadguru has established one of the largest primary eye care networks - 34 vision centers - and caters to over 700,000 outpatients, performs over 135,000 ophthalmic surgeries and conducts over 3000 outreach camps each year. The institution has performed over 1.5 million surgeries since its inception in Having ISO Quality Certification, it is also an International Training Center affiliated to the International Council of Ophthalmology. The recent addition to their long list of achievements is the new wing with 25 state-of-the-art Modular Operation Theatres and one Lasik Suite; this happens to be the world s largest ophthalmic OT complex. Our best wishes to Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya team as they scale newer heights in our fight against avoidable blindness.

5 World Sight Day was observed to raise awareness on eye care VISION 2020: The Right to Sight INDIA organized a wide range of activities across Bengaluru and Delhi to mark the World Sight Day (WSD) The events in Bengaluru were kicked off by a biker s rally a few days prior to the WSD. 10 Harley Davidson bikes thundered across the city waving banners and distributing leaflets during the 70 km ride. The objective was noble - to raise public awareness about blindness prevention and eye health. The highlight of the Bengaluru event was a 1.3 km Walk for Vision at the green lung of Bengaluru - Cubbon Park. Nearly 650 people including students, VISION 2020 members and the general public participated in this walk led by the senior government officials from the Ministry of Health, Government of India and the state of Karnataka. In the national capital, FM Radio channels were used to reach out and amplify the importance of eye health in people s lives.

6 Orbis entertains and educates children on eye health through comics There is no better way to engage children than with comics. So, on the occasion of World Sight Day, Orbis India brought out comics for children using the epic comic character Chacha Chaudhary. He is accompanied by popular characters Billoo, Pinki and the Orbis India Mascot Twinkle. These comics are being used as a medium to both engage and communicate with children by lending a delightful twist to subjects such as refractive error and eye health and safety. The comic was launched at the event organized by VISION 2020: The Right to Sight India to mark the World Sight Day A copy of the comics can be read here. Comics - English Comics - Hindi

7 Now the Vision Screening Handbook is also in Marathi H V Desai Eye Hospital, Pune has translated Orbis s Vision Screening Handbook for School Teachers in Marathi. Orbis has developed this material to aid teachers in identifying vision problems, eye diseases, and disorders among their students and also to educate students about eye health and safety. We would like to thank H V Desai Eye Hospital for this effort to increase the scope and reach of the Handbook, says Dr. Rahul Ali, Orbis. We welcome other institutions to reproduce the Handbook in their regional languages and thereby help even more teachers in identifying and referring students with any eye related problems. So far the Handbook is available in English, Hindi and Nepali.

8 Orbis introduces ICOM to support data management at outreach activities Orbis launched an Integrated Community Outreach Module, Orbis-ICOM, to automate data management at outreach activities. The software aids patient registration, capturing of comprehensive clinical examination data, optical services, and referral management. This is a comprehensive solution for improving operational effectiveness and data quality thereby enhancing the quality of patient care. The software has currently been implemented at CL Gupta Eye Institute s outreach efforts - 5 vision centers, camps and vision van.

9 Orbis and MOFA, Taiwan join hands to deliver quality eye care in West Bengal An agreement was signed between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), R. O. C. (Taiwan) and Orbis at Susrut Eye Foundation and Research Center to develop a long-term sustainable pediatric eye care system and deliver quality eye care services to the children of West Bengal. MOFA Taiwan was represented by Ambassador. Chung-Kwang Tien, Honorable Representative of Taiwan to India from the Taipei Economic & Cultural Center (TECC) in India and Orbis was represented by Dr. Rahul Ali, Country Director-India. Ms. Jeannie Tien Chen, Honorable Ambassadress of Taiwan to India from the TECC, Mr. Tu, Hu-Fan, Director, Taipei World Trade Center, Liaison Office in Kolkata and Dr. Ratish Chandra Paul, Secretary Susrut Eye Foundation and Research Center were also present on the occasion.

10 Bhojpur in Uttar Pradesh now has a Vision Center C L Gupta Eye Institute (CLGEI), Moradabad launched their 5th vision center supported by Orbis at Bhojpur, 22 km from the base hospital. Andre Wamsi, Community Development Officer, Moradabad inaugurated the center in the presence of Dr. Sanjeev Yadav Chief Medical Officer, Moradabad, Shikha Gupta, Chairman of CLGEI, Dr. Pradeep Agarwal, Director of CLGEI and Sardar Gurvinder Singh, Secretary of CLGEI.

11 2nd Regional Meeting on the implementation of Universal Eye Health in SEAR WHO SEARO and IAPB SEA jointly convened the 2nd Regional Meeting on the implementation of Universal Eye Health: A Global Action Plan in the SEAR Member States on December 15 16, 2015 at Kathmandu, Nepal. Nanda Bahadur Pun, the Honourable Vice-President of Nepal, was the Chief Guest at the opening ceremony. Representatives from the MoH, WHO, IAPB SEAR, experts, and international partners from the region participated in this meeting. Dr. Rahul Ali, Country Director India represented Orbis at the meet.

12 Sankara has developed a real time Blindness Prevention Surveillance System Sankara Eye Foundation is now equipped with SERVIS (Sankara Electronic Remote Vision Information System) an android based application designed to capture live village level data for planning necessary interventions aimed at control of blindness. This innovation has made community outreach efforts paperless as Sankara s team of field workers, doctors and paramedics will use tablets to record patient specific data during household surveys and eye camps. SERVIS bagged Vodafone India s Mobile for Good awards 2014, for driving social change through technological solution.

13 Pragyan is an 8-year-old girl who had discontinued school when she was blinded due to cataract. Kalinga Eye Hospital, Dhenkanal, an Orbis partner hospital identified and treated her. Today, her sight has been restored and she has resumed her school. Pragyan is overjoyed on being able to see and study again! IT S MORE THAN VISION It s the ability to learn in the classroom with her peers

14 Upcoming events 23rd 24th Jan 2016 "Ophtha - Fusion 2016" 5th Annual Conference of Jaipur Ophthalmological Society in Association with IIRSI at Hotel Lalit, Jaipur. 30th Jan 1st Feb 2016 "Optic India 2016" Exhibition on Ophthalmic Optics at CIDCO, Mumbai. 5th 6th Feb 2016 Workshop on Competency Based Assessment for the Optometry Cadre at Orbis India, New Delhi. 5th 9th Feb 2016 World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC) 2016 at Guadalajara, Mexico. 25th 28th Feb th All India Ophthalmological Society Conference at Science City & Milan Mela, Kolkata. 26th 28th Feb 2016 European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) at Athens, Greece. 31st March - 03rd April, th World Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology (COPHy) at Warsaw, Poland.

15 Upcoming events 24th 27th March st Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress (APAO 2016) at Taipei, Taiwan. 6th 10th April nd Annual Meet of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus at Vancouver, Canada. 15th 17th April th Annual Conference of Delhi Ophthalmology Society at New Delhi. 01st 05th May 2016 Annual Meeting of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology at Seattle, United States. 24th 26th May 2016 Annual Congress of Royal College of Ophthalmology at Birmingham, United Kingdom. 01st 04th Jun 2016 XIV International Congress of Cataract and Refractive Surgery at São Paulo, Brazil. 19th 23rd June th European Glaucoma Society Congress at Prague, Czech Republic.

16 Orbis International India Country Office, 6th Floor, Fortune Tower II, Plot No. 406, Udyog Vihar Phase III, Gurgaon, Haryana , India Tel: Fax: info.india@orbis.org We are an International not-for-profit organization working for eye care. Our programs focus on the prevention of blindness and the treatment of blinding eye disease specially among children. We have been working in India for over a decade and have established the world s largest network of Children s Eye Centers in any one country; 31 centers across 17 states. When we can see, it can be easy to take our vision for granted. But giving vision to someone who doesn't have it is life-changing. And we change lives!